All Prevention articles – Page 11
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News
Hospitals' superbug death payouts revealed
Families of people who died after contracting superbugs in Scottish hospitals have been awarded £660,000 by NHS boards.
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Comment
Talking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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News
Suicide prevention funding pledged
The government has promised to pump £1.5m into research exploring how to prevent suicides among those most at risk of taking their own lives.
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Blogs
The new minister's agenda
The new group of ministers at the Department of Health will have a lot to take in as they begin work at Richmond House.
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Comment
Fixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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Comment
Neil Churchill: living within our means locally
It’s predicted the NHS will have to learn to live on half its long-term growth rate
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News
Ombudsman seeks wider powers to tackle failure
The health service ombudsman is seeking to broaden the scope of her office’s investigations into complaints about health treatment by probing systemic failings at NHS bodies, HSJ has been told.
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Comment
Jennifer Dixon: identifying the true value of telehealth
Does teleheath reduce hospital costs? Nuffield Trust chief executive Jennifer Dixon suggests six points to ponder before answering.
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Comment
The NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services
End ageism and care will improve for all.
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News
'Budget for health' to set out future ambitions
Andrew Lansley hopes to establish an annual “budget for health” which will become the parliamentary set piece debate on the service.
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Blogs
Are we wasting money on care that patients don’t want?
Getting patients invovled in the choosing of their services could produce big efficiencies and help the NHS provide services patients really need.
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News
Watchdog claims doctors are failing cardiac arrest patients
Cardiac arrests in hospitals could be prevented if doctors recognise and act on early warning signs more quickly, a health watchdog has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting patients to take responsibility for their own health
Patients will only progress when they take responsibility, writes David Haslam.
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News
Schools could have health and wellbeing board role - Lansley
The health secretary has hinted that he would welcome the inclusion of schools among those represented on health and wellbeing boards.
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News
Joint working to prevent falls could save cash
A more integrated approach to preventing falls could cut incidents by up to 30 per cent, saving money and bed days, a report from the NHS Confederation has found.
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Comment
Unemployment is bad for your health - now and in the future
Public health work at one primary care trust has shown how unemployment could have massive impact on a generation’s life expectancy, and why it’s important they get back to work. John Middleton reports.
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HSJ Knowledge
How GP practices can help patients help themselves
Dee Kyne takes us through the learning one GP practice uncovered in designing services that would free up clinicians’ time and help patients become better at self care.
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HSJ Knowledge
From healthcare to self care: services that help patients look after themselves
Dee Kyne explains how investing in a service redesign secured savings for one practice and health improvements for its patients.
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HSJ Knowledge
How an NHS-pharma partnership is improving prevention
By partnering with a pharmaceutical firm an East Midlands trust became the first in the region to achieve a major target for VTE risk assessment. Scott Savage explains.